Mr. Jay Davidson
The Healing Place
1020 West Market
Louisville, KY 40202

Dear Jay:

On behalf of the South of Broadway Business Association (SOBBA), I want to thank you for your presentation given to our membership on August 30, 2005. Without a doubt, the work conducted by The Healing Place is monumental in size, and the results, Lindsey Ronay as an example, are magnificent.

Your presentation was to give to the SOBBA membership the desire of The Healing Place to move the Women’s Center from 16th and Broadway to 2nd and Breckinridge, the site of the Cooke Auto Dealership.

In capsule form, the mission of SOBBA is to promote business and ensure a safe environment. Our business area is well populated with social service venues as it presently stands.

Our Business Association partners, East Broadway Business Association and the Old Louisville Chamber of Commerce are also populated with social service venues.

On another note, the SoBro Task Force, formed by Jerry Abramson, is challenged with providing a plan to the Mayor on recommendations of what can be done with the areas South of Broadway that extends from 1st Street, to 9th Street, to Kentucky and the Limerick area. The Task Force has a list of recommendations for business, green space, residential housing, but does not include social service venues.

Polling the SOBBA membership of 14 respondents, our vote was 12 against and 2 for relocation for The Healing Place. The voice consensus of the Old Louisville Chamber of Commerce is against any further social service venue to be established in our area.

Jay, while we know what you’re about and what you do, we would prefer that The Healing Place seek another geographical area to establish your facility.

Again, I want to thank you for your presentation and also wish you the best of luck in finding a new location.

Sincerely,

Daniel J. Smaldone
President
SOBBA

cc: Membership
SoBro
Honorable George Unseld